Pay & Run / rainy Sunday afternoon

Sunday and it rains like hell. Exactly that’s what I thought as well. I ordered an Uber which costs me 16 USD at the end to drop me at this lovely launderette. It’s not that I didn’t pack enough cloth, my sport gear needed washing, plus I was bored and wanted to see what it’s like there on a Sunday afternoon.

It has been some time since I last visited such a facility, but let me tell you, that at one point in my live I used to be a “regular” in launderette in Frankfurt Sachsenhausen. As a matter of fact, at the age of 21 I was exposed to the fact that people in Australia leased equipment of such nature, which for me as a German woman was mind blowing. Washing is sacred and not owning your own machine was a revolutionary concept for me. I am glad that I learned that there are different ways and that possessing isn´t always the best.

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One machine runs 30 min and cost 2,75 USD which seems reasonable. The lady was helpful in explaining and over all the atmosphere was relaxed.

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Speed Queen did the job in 20 min which was kind of impressive as in addition to the sport gear a towel and a blue jeans made its way. I had an ugly salad from a shop around the corner and enjoyed watching the people coming and going.